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I got mine on Wed. A beautiful folder from Stan Buzek. ernie

I can vouch for it being hot. After tasting heat treat salsa I demoted my death wish salsa to medium hot! Ernie

I lost my favorite kershaw rainbow Ti knife and got it returned 3 times before it finally disappeared for good. Ernie

Great job with the knife! The ABS weekend in Maine was a blast! especially when Butch had his hammer explode! I got out bid on everything at the auction. So I gave the rest of my money to Aldo and came home with a pile of steel. Ernie

With Tim's approach the sewing needle is pushed thru the leather with the drill press (un plugged of course) when you pull the needle up slightly a loop is formed and you stick a second thread through the loop then you back the needle all the way out and move to the next spot making sure the...

I Talked with Sid and he will make the part and he has a replacement spring for my Little Giant 100# hammer in stock. this is great! ernie

I would use a chain stitch with the sewing needle in my drill press as shown in the Tim Lively "knife making unplugged" DVD. Then you won't need a vise. ernie

Does anyone sell replacement arms? The threads stripped off one of the arms making the nut and spring fly across the shop. The arm is a straight piece with a T on one end and threaded on the other. Ernie

I have a cnc router in the sign shop, I bet I could design the handles on the computer and machine them to shape right on the router. Now all I need is some time. ernie

Bob, you are really organized! It looks like you can actually find things in that shop. I have lost things for years in my un organized mess. ernie

That is good information. My CO detector is in an outlet about the height of my workbench. My exhaust fan is mounted high at the peak of the roof. As for differences... I was running the forge richer than normal and I threw in some charcoal to consume the extra oxygen and minimize scale...

I was huffing and puffing like being on a stair climber, mild headache and nausea. After taking a couple hours off I fired up the forge again experienced the same thing again. I started to realize it was something more than the heat. Ernie

Yesterday I got so dizzy I couldn't stand up. I shut down the gas forge and sat down outside. I think it was carbon monoxide poisoning, even though I had two fans running, the doors were open as was the window. Today I bought a CO monitor with a digital display and found that CO level 20...

Lowes sells a big assortment of diamond wheel saw blades for tile cutting. You can even get one for a 4.5 inch grinder. I bet they would cut G10 easily. Ernie

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Names are funny things. My boy is named William Ernest Balch but he goes by his acronym WEB. My middle name is Wayne but I have been signing E W Balch for so long that I almost forgot it until I saw your post. My buddies at work all think the W stands for William. This being Knife Dogs I...

I saw him at a gun & knife show over a year ago. He looked so down and out that I bought a blade from him. I don't think there is much of a market around here for primitive style knives. People were buying shiny Chinese knives at give away prices.

I've been through Bath a couple of times. We usually go camping at Seneca lake every summer, there is a vineyard every 5 miles or so in the finger lakes. We do wine tasting just around Seneca lake and haven't hit them all yet and there are several more lakes surrounded by vineyards that we...

I like to take things apart so the screws are ok by me.

that is an interesting idea! Our sign business has loads of scrap high density ureathane foam (sign foam).